Lasagna

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Lasagna

Lasagna is always a safe bet to do when having people over for dinner. Here are a few tips to make yours better than most!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time5 hours hrs

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 6 people

Ingredients

Beef Ragu

• 2 white onions
• 3 carrots
• 3 sticks celery
• 1 tbsp tomato puree 
• 3 tins chopped tomatoes
• 300 ml red wine
• 2 kg beef shin
• 1 beef stock cube
• 3 bay leaves

White Sauce

• 50 g butter
• 50 g plain flour 
• 700 ml milk
• 75g cheese
• Nutmeg

Other

• 1 pack lasagna sheets
• Handful of grated parmesan

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 140 degrees celsius/ 280 Fahrenheit 
• Dice the onions, carrots and celery and sweat in a large casserole pot until soft and translucent. 
• Season the beef with salt and fry either side in a frying pan on a high heat until golden brown and set aside.
• Add the tomato puree to the vegetable and fry for a minute.
• Add the wine, chopped tomatoes, beef stock cube and bay leaves.
• Add the beef to pot and cover with water.
• Bring to the boil. Put a lid on and bake for 2 and a half hours or until nice and tender.
• For the white sauce melt the butter in a saucepan.
• Add the flour and cook for 1 minute.
• Take off the heat and slowly add the milk until fully combined. 
• Slowly bring to the boil and simmer for two minutes. 
• Take off the heat and add your cheese, salt and pepper and a pinch of nutmeg. 
• Taste and season and set aside. 
• Once the beef is tender, strain through a colander and reduce the cooking liquor until you have a thick gravy. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius / 350 Fahrenheit  
• Shred the beef with two forks and discard any bones.
• Once your happy with the sauce add your beef back into the sauce. Now you're ready to assemble. 
• To assemble, spread a layer of ragu across the bottom of the dish, then a layer of lasagna sheets. Then add another layer of ragu followed by the white sauce. Then a layer of pasta sheets and continue until you fill the dish.
• Once you’ve added your final layer of pasta. Then add a layer of ragu and then white sauce and then finish with some grated parmesan.
• Bake at 180 degrees/ 350 Fahrenheit for 35 - 45 mins. Or until golden brown.
• Enjoy!